Akufo Addo Removed

THE EDWARD Akufo-Addo Circle named after the Second Republic President, near the Togo Embassy at Cantonments in Accra, no longer bears the name of the person it was named after.

DAILY GUIDE can confirm that all four signboards bearing the name of Edward Akufo-Addo, father of Nana Akufo-Addo, 2008 flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), was yesterday removed from the Circle for reasons yet to be explained.

Sources said some macho-looking men came to the scene formerly known as Cantonments Roundabout and uprooted the signs.

Eyewitness reports said four muscular men stormed the Circle in a white KIA Pick-up vehicle at noon yesterday and hastily removed and went away with all four signboards bearing the name of Akufo-Addo.

The Circle was constructed under the sponsorship of Ghana Telecom in memory of the late Edward Akufo-Addo who was one of the ‘Big Six’ that led the political struggle for Ghana’s independence. He also became the Chief Justice and later President of the Republic of Ghana in the Second Republic.

Edward Akufo-Addo died at the age of 73 in July 1979.

The Circle was named after Nana Addo’s father following the previous government’s decision to immortalise political figures as well as important personalities in society.

Nana Addo himself has come under attack from operatives of the Atta Mills Administration who have seized two of his cars in two months.

Nana is yet to reply to the unwarranted persecution directed at him and has rather taken a low profile.

As at press time yesterday, his Toyota Land Cruiser cross-country vehicle seized at a mechanic’s workshop was yet to be returned, despite the fact that all documents were presented to the Mills boys at the Castle Annex, where the National Security goons operate from.

NDC serial callers and boys working at the Office of the Vice President were on radio justifying the latest seizure, indicating that Vice President John Mahama and his boss approve the modus operandi of the car-snatching gang.